Jones County Farm Bureau Oct Cow Testing Leaders
W H Finn and Son topped the Anamosa Cow Testing association for October with a purebred Holstein herd averaging 998 pounds of milk and 41.4 pounds of butterfat per cow. Tyler and McGovern led the second herd with 851 pounds of milk and 31.4 pounds of butterfat. The top cow was a grade Holstein owned by Smith and Meade producing 1594 pounds of milk and 72.9 pounds of butterfat, while W H Finn and Son’s cow produced 1339 pounds of milk and 42.3 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Finn and Son
Anamosa
Wendell Donnelly
Tyler and McGovern
Smith and Meade
W. H. Finn and Son
Iowa 4H Club To Broadcast National Radio Program
Iowa 4-H leaders and members join a national NBC broadcast on November 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Iowa segment from WHO Des Moines runs 11:45 to 12:15 with Washington origins for the first and last fifteen minutes. Speakers include Mrs. Raymond Sayre Ackworth Ruth Gallantine Marshall County Paul Diehl Buena Vista and a Story County boys club leader. Music by Jeanette Luther Millis County Vivian Radebaugh Greene County and Jasper County boys quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ackworth
Warren County
Ruth Gallantine
Marshall County
Paul Diehl
Buena Vista
Story County
Jeanette Luther
Millis County
Vivian Radebaugh
Greene County
Jasper County Boys
Iowa 4
Set Date For Annual Farm Bureau Meeting At Anamosa
J McConaughy president of the Farm Bureau has named a three member committee for the Jones County Farm Bureau annual meeting on November 12 in Anamosa. The daytime session begins at 10 30 with dinner at noon and Allen Kline vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will speak in the afternoon. All Farm Bureau members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. McConaughy
Farm Bureau
Jones County Farm Bureau
Glenn Sones
Anamosa
Ray Stivers
Clarence Grafft
Olin
Allen Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Township Farm Bureaus Elect Officers For 37
Harold Deischer of Monticello elected director of Castle Grove township Farm Bureau for 1937 at the regular meeting last Friday. Bertha Harken named Vice-chairman and chairman of the women’s work. Max Specht named secretary and Fred Heiken treasurer. Mrs. Clarence McLaughlin to serve as pianist. R. P. Morse of Wyoming elected director of Wyoming township Farm Bureau with Mrs. Frank Byerly named vice-chairman and chairman of the women’s work. George Fishwild re-elected secretary-treasurer for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Deischer
Monticello
Castle Grove
Bertha Harken
Max Specht
Fred Heiken
Clarence McLaughlin
R. P. Morse
Wyoming
Wyoming Township Farm Bureau
Frank Byerly
George Fishwild
Girls 4 H Leaders to Hold Training School in Anamosa
All girls 4 H club leaders, assistants, and the county club committee meet November 9 at the Legion hall Anamosa to plan projects and organization for 1937. Miss Ella Loughran of Iowa State College assists. County committee selects new chair at afternoon session. First matter school to follow in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Anamorca
Ella Loughran
Iowa State College
A. R. Embree
Dorothy Simmons
Spark arrester advised to prevent chimney fires
Henry Gedse of Iowa State College recommends a spark arrester over chimneys to catch sparks. Home made screens cost nearly as much as manufactured arrester. Keep roof gutters clear of dry leaves when using chimneys. The note ends with a stray line on soil fertility and pasture quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gedse
Agricultural Engineering Department
Iowa State College
Nutrition lessons drive home project course in county
Miss Ruth Cessna, extension specialist, led initial training schools on fourth year nutrition to county leaders. Lessons will be shared with homemakers clubs in November, tying home project work to Farm Bureau. Menus featured four group meals with costs from 13 to 20 cents per person and local recipes included scalloped meat and potatoes and date paste desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cessna
Town State College
Cessna
Farm Bureau
Harald Hartman
Greenfield
Fairview
Jackson
Rome
Greenfield Township
Rome Township
Jackson Township
Fairview Township
Performance Beauty and Safety Mark Chevrolet's New Cars
Residents and dealers note new Chevrolet models praised for performance beauty and safety at the Cedar Rapids event hosted by Rev. David de Best. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cornell with a scarlet fever patient, and many local figures visiting from Pawnee City and Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
David de Best
W. H. Cornell
A. W. McDonald
Donald
Monticello
Martha Williamson
Cedar Rapids
Williamson
McDonald
Clark DeShaw
J. A. Petrea
Hopkinton
Dubuque
E. W. Brashaw
E. J. Grief
Randall Morgan
Davenport
D. R. Kruger
Chicago
Alice Wallace
R. J. Milroy
Jane Patton
Coggan
A. G. Burrows
Shift in so il conserving crops urged for 1937 program
Farmers and field men in Iowa urge classifying crops as soil depleting or conserving for 1937 to offset 1936 drought losses. Small grain nurse crops are proposed for hay and pasture to avoid seed shortages and high prices, while close seeded crops protect soil and allow clearer rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agricultural Conservation Committee and Extension Service
B. J. Firkins
Soils Department
Iowa State College
Markins
Local News Roundup From Hopkinton Area
Hopkinton residents attend Mrs Fred Eggers funeral return home. Club meetings and social events mark week with Halloween gatherings and hospital visits. Notables include Miss Helen Mackintosh winning a Standard Oil road contest merchandise award and Dr W E Adams earning a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Morton
Dicky
Des Moines
Edwin Egger
St. Louis
Fred Egger
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
F. M. Wheeless
A. T. Wheeless
Elnora Griffith
Victor Lamont
Monticello
W. H Cornell
G. G. Brown
Virginia
Cedar Rapids
Forrest Boots
Viola
Jess Boots
Herbert Bullis
Waterloo
Will Keith
Bulls
William Tharp
Gearhart
American College of Surgeons
Philadelphia
H. Livingstone
Mid-Western Association of Physician
International Medical Society
Canada
England
France
Germany
Italy
Australia
Mexico
South America
Livingstone
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
A. P. Himebaugh
F. A. Irish
C. R. Nelson
Ellen Bradle
Denver
Erma
F. R. Billings
Dc. T. Smith
W. J. Kirkwood
Maryon Sorenson
Mary Martha de Best
Local Socials Highlight Neighborhood Guests
Amber Mrs W J Zimmerman and Mrs WPA hosted inner guests United with Mr and Mrs dactk Husman spent Friday with Seeded Grove residents Pen Husman visiting Wal Black in the Schoon home Herman Duensing from Tyner Canada joined dinner with Otto Danneman group Carl Schoon and Wilmer with George Siebels at supper Dick Bohken hosted a birthday dinner honoring Mrs Bohken Guests included W R Zimmerman Herman Zimmerman John Rickels John Batchelder Sand Spring Leo Bohken and baby William Martin was also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wpa
Ethel Joan
Lucy Bailes
Edyther
Philip Bailey
Henry
Phial
Inaetus Boland
Taam
Anamosa
Pen Husman
Seeded Grove
Dactk Husman
Wal Black
George H. Schoon
Herman Duensing
Tyner
Canada
and Mies
George Seehusen
Otto Danneman
Carl Schoon
Son Wilmer
George Siebels
Dick Bohken
East Cass Dials Up Local Talent Show at Castle Grove
Gladys Benedict reports a large East Cass audience attended Miss Bertha Burlingham’s pupils show Tuesday evening in district No. 5 Castle Grove. The program featured pupil drills and songs, a home talent play Ouch My Corn, and songs by radio singer Happy Hank Macaulay. A sack lunch and homemade candy sold. Attendees included the Benedict, Burlingham, Uhr, Stulken, Tjaden, Schlimmer, Dirks, Folkers, and Buser families and Mabel Franklin group. Mr and Mrs Henry Tjaden and son Lynn visited relatives near Anamosa Sunday. Jennie Lubben returned to Baldwin after weeks with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Cass
Bertha Burlingham
Castle Grove
Happy Hank” Macaulay
Cedar Rapids
Cass
Henry Uhr
Frank Burlingham
Henry Stulken
Bilert Pru
Carl Brockhohn
Henry Tjaden
John Rieken
Benedict
Mabel Franklin
Delores
Betty Lou
Nora Mae
Kenneth
Irving Schlimmer
Herman Dirks
Adolph Folkers
Walter Buser
Lynn
Emil Herron
Anamosa
Jennie Lubbe
Local Social Notes Highlight Town Visits and Hospital Return
Relatives visiting the Lou Ehrisman and Wil Lubben households are noted along with Ida Kiss ling of California staying in Town to winter in California. Herman Tapken and children were guests at Harm Dirks, Roy Walters and his children visited the Frank Fairbanks family, Ellen Mae First from Monticello spent time with Lucretia Fairbanks, Willis Fairbanks returned home from McDonald hospital after an appendectomy, and remodeling at the Fred McLaughlin farm concluded with Benedict tenants moving out. Additional visits include Adolph Kula from Cedar Rapids with his parents, Henry Tjaden’s family at the Willms home, Henry Uhr and son Lyle visiting John Mayberry, with Wayne township noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Tobiason
McDonald Hospital
O. F. Otten
Alva Gerdes
Adolph Schoon
Alfie
Wilma
Will Rickless
Wayne Ladies’ Aid
Wayne
Midland
William Martin
George Andrews
Ralph Zimmerman
John G. Dirks
Ruth
Sophia Zimmerman
Willie
Louis Zimmerman
Willie Harms
Warner Heiken
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
John Freese
Carl Freese
J. R. McNeilly
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Ed Tomlinson
J. M. Moses
Ed Duncan
Frank Himebaugh
H. E. Stingley
Harley Bulgren
Norman Martens
H. J. Dirks
Elmer &Chrader
Jack Seehusen
N.C. Horst
N. C. Holst
Chicago
Arthur Wilcox
Monticello
Adolph Petersen
Lake City
Florida
S. W. Clark
Clinton
R. W. Brady
Martelle
Harry Chase
Elmer Schrader
Vivienne
Dean Anderson
Lavern Jemmerson
Rock Island
Thelma
Cedar Falls
Lou Ehrisman
Wil Lubben
Ida Kissling
California
Ehrisman
Calfornia
Herman Tapken
Leona
Harvey
Richard
Harm Dirks
Roy Walters
Mount Vernon
Frank Fairbanks
Ellen Mae First
Lucretia Fairbanks
Willis Fairbanks
Fred McLaughlin
Earl
Benedict
Adolph Kula
Kula
Lee Hannan
Henry Tjaden
Willms
Wayne Township
Henry Uhr
Lyle
John Mayberry
Wyoming
Fire damages Clarion's oldest house dating to 1856
Fire struck Clarion's landmark oldest dwelling built in 1856, a frame structure among the first houses erected in Wright County. The blaze partially destroyed the historic home after withstanding time for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright County
Clarion
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Peeanne
San Antonio
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Fred Lorenzen
Henry Wehling
Will Eden
Nebraska
Carl Eden Sr
Celena
Otto Otten
Carl Eden Jr
Kate Duis
Mark Cross
William Otten
Mike Tobiason
Center Junction
Leroy Dirks
Harry Stingley
T. E. Stanton Paul Smith
Wes
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
Harry
Harvey Manuel
Frank Dawes
Robert Livingstone
Major Bowes
Irvit Eilers
Robert Serbousek
M. Helat
Holst
T. Cc. Leveen
Clarence
John Holub
John Holmes
Ed Wolub
Arthur Holub
Henry Wesetohal
Henry Wolfe
Wyeming
J. H. Orris
Monmouth
Alva Streeper
N. Streeper
Mabel
Mildred
Onslow
Joe Holub
Scotch Grove Township
Ruth Cress
Ciety
R. S. Robbie
Pine Grove School
Catherine Thompson
Holyce Stingley
Cornell
Evelyn Courtney
Ames
Ethel Courtney
Jess Ridings
Winfield
Kansas
Carey
Marton
G. Thompson
Democratic Agricultural Committee
Henry Wallace
A. Alyea
J. A. McDonald
E. H. Cox
Sand Spring
B. W. Cox
E. F. Kleineck
Doris Tripp
Manchester
Lyman Thompson
Ted Bulgren
Ida Miller
Miller
William Bohler
L. A. Dreibelbis
Peter Prahm
Herbert Cox
Delhi
C. E. Thompson
Ward
Amber
W. J. Zimmerman
Gladys Benedict
FORD
Madsen Motor Co
Prestone and Heaters
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